He provides factual evidence to back up this information. He even provides a lot of pathos or emotions to the reader. One such story talks about a really healthy adult being infected with contaminated ground beef and his experiences with it. That alone shows the effects of unsanitized slaughterhouses, if the cattle are infected when being slaughtered. That single cattle can jeopardize the entire food supply.
Z Vang Understanding of our Food Some people prefer to have knowledge about their food such as where it is coming from and how the food was prepared. Some people are just ignorant and buy whichever that are cheap or looks the best. Some people do not have time to go deep into knowing their food resulting in unhealthy eating. These days the food industry decorates food and attracts the customers with their products that may not be healthy at all, brainwashing consumers’ mind in making them forget the reality of food. In the essay, “The Pleasures of Eating” by Wendell Berry, he states that the society lacks the knowledge of the making of their food and whether the food is healthy or unhealthy.
If the blame is to be pointed at someone it would have to be the consumer. One reason is that people are not forced to eat these foods. They do not point a gun to our head and demand we eat a half pound burger, a bucket of fries, and a big soda enough to last a whole day. They know it is bad just do not want to make their own food, so they blame companies. Another reason is we have a choice on what we eat on a daily bases.
Corn illustrates how American consumption’s affecting the environment and the health of the consumers because Americans eat massive amounts of food without knowing where it comes from, how it’s produced and what chemicals are in it. The way our nation consumes and views our food is a major issue. Wendell Berry wrote that “Most urban shoppers would tell you that food is produced on farms.” (100) People don’t really know where food comes from; they just assume their food comes from a farm. People don’t know what farms their food’s produced on or where these farms are. People just buy food off the shelves without knowing what’s in it.
He states how the young and under-paid workers are taken advantage of and are put in danger just by going to their jobs. Schossler writes in a very straightforward, factual way that makes his writing very believable. He leads the reader to think one way, then switches up your whole thought process with a cold statistic. The stories used show the change over time of the honest, hard-working fast food workers in the early 1900’s to the greedy, lazy fast food companies of today. Schossler tells the stories of people in the fast food industry to show how it was brought up and what their take on the whole thing is.
The Effects of Factory Farming on Human Life Aline M. Hayes DeVry University The Effects of Factory Farming on Human Life A lot of consumers who purchase food items from the supermarket to feed themselves or their families are not concerned with how the products they purchase will affect them or their loved ones. Some people are completely unaware of how the meats they consume are processed and manufactured. Some individuals who purchase a fresh hot meal from a fast food restaurant or cook a nice home cooked meal don’t have an inkling about where they foods they consume come from. A lot of individuals are under the impression that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) operates in the best interest of the consumer. Over the years, the decline of family farms and increase of factory farming has caused harmful effects on human life.
Schlosser tends to represent the theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system, as can be seen from how he connects fast food to other social processes and institutions. The icon that represents fast food culture for most people is McDonald's, though the fast food culture developed long before the creation of that restaurant chain. Schlosser considers the impact of such fast-food chains but also
Jessica Hall ENG 140 6/19/2012 Week 7 Assignment “Meat and Milk Factories” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason In the essay “Meat and Milk Factories,” Peter Singer and Jim Mason discuss the cruel treatment of animals, which is inflicted to them by their caretakers. Although several farmers simply refused to talk to Singer and Mason, a select few invited the duo to their farms. Singer and Mason visited these particular “ranches,” which were located throughout the United States, and collected information on the issues from each of them. The effects of their tours were atrocious. There are many instances throughout the essay when they detail the poor treatment of pigs and cows in the US.
Most of the animals in the factories do not see sun lights at all, and some of them have diseases. Therefore farming in a factory is controversial topic around the world. In spite of this argument, I think factory farming is not a bad idea of producing meats and eggs. There are some positive parts of this factory farming. Lot of people has that the factory faming spread diseases to other animals and it is unhealthy.
The book Fast Food Nation would open the eyes of most Americans to behind the scene of fast food. The type of workers they employ, and how the government is connected to the industry. The workers of the fast-food industry are treated with bad ethics. The fast-food industry likes to hire young, poor, and handicap people. They hire teenagers because they live at home and do not have any expenses, therefore, they work for less money.